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Unexploded mines in Gaza pose enormous risks to Palestinians returning home, says NGO Unexploded mines in Gaza pose "enormous" risks for displaced Palestinians returning home, NGO Handicap International warned on Tuesday, AFP reported. The NGO, which specialises in mine clearance and assistance to victims of anti-personnel mines, called for the entry of equipment needed for demining. "The risks are enormous - an...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The US president has said a $20bn currency swap with Argentina depended on the success of Javier Milei's coalition.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Palestinian prisoners speak about and show signs of violence against them in Israeli prisons Some Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons on Monday are suffering from health problems as a result of enduring violence in prison, doctors and released prisoners told the Associated Press Imed al-Shami, a resident doctor at The Palestine Medical Complex (PMC)in Ramallah, which received 14 men who were released...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israel slashes aid to Gaza as Trump threatens to 'violently' disarm Hamas Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 21:16 Less then one day has passed since Trump's victory lap in the Middle East, but his ceasefire saw early wobbles Bulldozers deployed by the Gaza Municipality drive past displaced people on their way to clear building rubble from main areas in Gaza City, amid a ceasefire between Israel and...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:President Donald Trump said that Hamas βis going to disarmβ but if they donβt the US would act to disarm them.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Gaza hospital says some of 45 Palestinian bodies returned show signs of torture Nasser hospital in Gaza received the remains of 45 Palestinians on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The hospital said they are expecting a total of 450 bodies of Palestinians to be returned to Gaza from Israel. The bodies belong to Palestinians who the Israeli military had detained and died while in detention since 7 October...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Four more bodies of deceased captives from Gaza have been handed over to the International Red Cross.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Qatar appeared at the 2022 World Cup as tournament hosts, but the 2026 edition is their first via qualification route.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Under the new ceasefire, the Turkish ship, the Akdeniz, is sailing to Egypt's El-Arish port with food supplies for Gaza.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:WHO deploys emergency medical team to Gaza City's al-Ahli hospital The World Health Organisation (WHO) director general said that it had scaled up its operations in Gaza in a post on X on Tuesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said WHO had deployed an emergency medical team to al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City. Gaza City has been heavily bombed for weeks, leading to a high number of casualties. He also said eight trucks...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Trumpβs Gaza ceasefire summit turns into viral spectacle of gaffes and awkward diplomacy Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 19:15 The US president's peace summit in Egypt was less about diplomacy and more about the internetβs favourite cringe moments US President Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 13 October 2025 (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump struck...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Remains of four more Israeli captives given to Red Cross Hamas handed coffins with the remains of four more deceased Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday evening local time, Haaretz reported.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Local official says more than 120 people hospitalised in the city amid surge in reported cases of respiratory problems.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:California governor vetoes bill dubbed 'Israel tax' by critics Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 18:03 The legislation would have punished social media companies for posts that could be deemed antisemitic California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during the 2025 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, on 24 September 2025 (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Off Gavin Newsom, the governor of California and a likely 2028...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:South Africa book their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as Nigeria are pushed into CAF playoffs despite beating Benin.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The first four deceased hostages to be returned are Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Daniel Peretz.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Political analyst Sarah Eltantawi says ceasefire in Gaza is a result of public pressure and Trump should recognise that.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Hamas says Israelβs βindiscriminateβ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies Submitted by David Hearst on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 19:06 A Hamas source says that, along with 10,000 Palestinians still under the rubble, locating the bodies of captives requires 'time and effort' Palestinians search the rubble of buildings amid widespread destruction due to Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis in...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:While Israeli bombardment has largely stopped, Palestinians in Gaza are careful to not feel overly optimistic.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israeli forces have carried out multiple demolitions in the West Bank's Khallet al-Daba in 2025.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israelβs World Cup qualifier versus Italy was played under heavy security and protests just days after a Gaza ceasefire.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israel says it's allowing half of agreed aid into Gaza, citing Hamas has not returned captives' bodies Israel has told the United Nations it will allow only 300 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip, which is half the agreed number, from Wednesday onwards. Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (Cogat) saidthat no fuel or gas will be allowed into the Strip unless it is for specific needs related to...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Steve Witkoff stepping back from Trump administration after Gaza deal, sources say Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 17:22 Witkoff is going to refocus on his business after months of 'gruelling' diplomacy in the Middle East White House special envoy to Middle East Steve Witkoff (L) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend meeting between President Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The Sudanese army's gains may enable it to choke off the RSF's supply lines and eventually enter Darfur, analysts say.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Flights grounded, public transport disrupted as 80,000 people take to the streets of the Belgian capital.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Cair calls on Trump to advocate for release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya A US civil rights and advocacy organisation has called on US President Donald Trump to demand the release of Palestinian medicDr Hussam Abu Safiya. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for the release of the paediatrician and former director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who the Israeli military abducted in December...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The EV tax incentive was scrapped as part of US President Donald Trumpβs mega tax bill passed earlier this year.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The judge called on the Trump administration to revise its grant requirements by next week, nixing immigration demands.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:βI think most leaders there were there for him [Trump] as much as or perhaps more than they were for the ceasefire plan.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Starmer says 'intifada' chant is 'call to attack' Jewish people BritishPrime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed he believes that the call to "internationalise the intifada" is a "call to attack Jewish communities around the world". Conservative MP Julian Lewis asked Starmer in parliament on Tuesday afternoon whether he accepted that there was no possible interpretation of "internationalise the intifada" other than as...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The military in Madagascar is now in charge after the president fled and the parliament voted to impeach him.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Saudi and Emirati rulersβ Sharm el-Sheikh no-show reveals tensions with Egypt over Gaza Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 10/14/2025 - 17:03 Sisi wanted to show the world Cairo played a leading role in the ceasefire, provoking irritation in a fractured Arab world A man stands by a poster of Donald Trump and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, 13 October 2025 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) On There...
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Rotem Cooper, whose father Amiram's body has not been returned, calls on mediators to put pressure on Hamas to release the remaining bodies.
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